Window display apparatus



'1. KELLY.

WINDOW DISPLAY APPARATUS'. APPLICAT'ION FILED JULY 21.1919.

1;,4359856, 'Patented Nov.. M, 1922 2 SHEETS-SHEET lL 7% l aucune/134;

I. KELLY.

WINDOW DISPLAY APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY ZI. I9I9.

Patented Nov. MI, 1922,

2 SHEETS-SHEEI 2.

Patented Nov.. i4, i922.

JOHN KELLY, 0F NORFOLK, VRGINIA.

WINDO'W DISPLAY APPARATUS.

Application led. July 2l, 1919. Serial No. 312,222.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residingat Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia, haveinvented certain new and useful improvement in Window Display Apparatus,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in rotary display standards forstore windows of the type comprising a standard extending within thewindow through an opening in the window floor, provided with goodssupporting means thereon above the Hoor, and having a support andmotordriven connection located in the space below the floor of thewindow.

An object of the present invention is to provide an improved device ofthe nature referred to, in which the rotary standard with the goodssupporting means thereon is adapted to be readily detached from itssupport and drive connection below the floor and removed from thewindow, leaving the floor space of the window entirely free vfordecorating or cleaning purposes, and different goods displays withoutthe use of the rotary display device, the latter being entirely out ofthe way.

important novel characteristics of the invention reside in the specialconstruction and arrangement ofv detachable mounting for the rotarystandard, and the special form of support and arrangement of the driveconnection relatively thereto resulting in a simple, inexpensive,compact unitary structure that can be conveniently shipped and readilyset up in theusual space below the floor of show windows, while at thesame time providing a relatively long firm bearing for the standard.

The invention, with other objects and advantages thereof, and theparticular construction, combinations and arrangement of partscomprising the same, will be understood from the hereinafter containeddetail description. when considered in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming ypart thereof and illustrating one embodiment of theinvention` ln the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical'transverse section of a show window equipped witha vdisplay device constructed in accordance with the present invention.

and variations in the particular construction shown, and the carryingout of the invention in other forms, as will appeal to those skilled inthe art and falling within the scope of the appended claims, may be madewithout departing vfrein the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings is illustrated a conven `tional store window structurecomprising glass front 1, ceiling 2, and floor 3. 4 desi gnates the ioorbelow the window floor and 5 the usual space therebetween.

The particular embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawingsincludes a support comprising a base part 6, a cupshaped bearing 7 and atubular bearing part 8 spaced above and in vertical alinement with thecup bearing 7, a horizontal part 9 connected with vertical arms l0 atopposite sides of the cup bearing 7 carrying the tubular bearing part 8,and on the vertical arms 10 are laterally extending spaced arms 11, thewhole being in the form of a single 'casting of a height less than thedistance between the floors 3 and 4 and adapted to rest upon the floor 4with the tubular bearing part 8 in alinement with an opening 12-V intheHoor 3 of the window. 13 vdesignates an anti-friction ball member in thecup bearing 7. Mounted for rotation 4in the cup bearing 7 and tubularbearing part 8, with its lower end resting upon the ball 13, is avertical rotary-driven shaft member 14, the upper end of the shaftmember 14 terminating short of the space at the upper side of the windowfloor, and as shown, preferably extending substantially flush. with theupper face of the floor 3. 0n the shaft member 14 between the cupbearing 7 and the tubular bearing part 8 is a drive gear 14.. lnassembling the parts, the shaft member 14 is passed down through theopening 12 in the floor 3 through the tubular bearing part 8, the drivegear '14', and into the rcup bearing 7, the drive gear 14 being fixed onthe shaft member 14 by a set screw 14h. 14c and 14d are oil ductsleading respectively to the cup bearing 7 and tubular bearing part 8.

Extending vertically within the window is a rotary standard 15 providedwith goods supporting means thereon, which, of course, may very inconstruction as occasion may require, and in the present showing takesthe form of trays or shelves 16 adjustably secured on the standard bythe set screwsI 17. The standard 15 is constructed as a separate partfrom the shaft member 14, and a quickly detachable supporting and driveconnection is provided between said parts whereby the standard can bereadily disengaged from the shaft member and removed from the window,leaving the space within the window and its floor entirely free fromprojecting parts for cleaning, decorating, or like purposes, and fordifferent goods displays which would be hindered by the obstructionpresented by the display stand, the latter being entirely out of the Vway. The connection between the shaft member 14 and the standard 15 isprovided by a socket 18 in the shaft member 14 adapted to receive thelower end portion yof the standard which extends downwardly through theopening 12 inthe floor 3. f The lower portion of the standard 15 fitsnicely within the socket 18 and while the construction is such as topermit of the ready insertioninto and withdrawalof the standard from thesocket 18 of the shaft member, at the same time `a frictional driveconnec tion between the parts is affordechso that when the shaft member14 is rotated rotary motion will be transmitted to the standard 15. Anysuitable power means and gear connection may be provided lfor drivingthe shaft member 14. ln the drawings, the drive gear 14 on the shaft 14is shown as a large worm wheel, meshing with a worm 20 on a horizontalshaft 21 supported in bearings on the laterally extending arms 11. Fixedon one end of the horizontal shaft 21 is a friction disk 22, which is inturn engaged by a friction wheel 23 on one end of the drive shaft 24 ofan electric motor'25. The motor 25 has a groovedbaseJ 25 slidablymounted on a bed plate 26, the motor being adapted tobe-shifted alongthe bed plate to change the position of the drive wheel 23 relativetothe frictiondisk 22 to `vary the speed and direction ofmovement rofthe shaft member 14. vThe motor is held 1n ad]usted position by` alock-nut 27 engaging a threaded pinV or stem 28 project- `ing upwardlyfrom the bed platev 26, the

motor base 25 having a slot 29 to'ac'commodate the pin 28.

It will be noted that a very simple and practical form of detachableimounting and drive connection for'the standard is' provided, and thatwhen the standard is realso be observed that the support is in the formof a single casting or unit of compact construction that can beconvenientlyl handled and placed within the usual space below the floorsof store windows, while at the same time a relatively long firm bearingis provided for the standard, the removable mounting of the shaft member14 facilitating the quick assembling of the parts.

What l claim is:

1. The .combination with a'store window structure including the floorfor the window having a vertical opening therethrough, of a supportbelow the window licor, a bearing on` the support, a verticallyextending rotary driven shaft member supported in said bearing with itsupper end terminating below the space at the upper side of the floor ofthe window, a drive connection for the shaft member located below thefloor, and a standard having goods supporting means thereon and adaptedto be detachably engaged at its lower end portion 'with said shaftmember to extend vertically there fro-m through thev opening in thefloor ,of the window above `the floor, said standard being adapted to bemoved vertically through the opening in the floor to position the sainewithin the window in engagement with the shaft member and to dismountthe standard from the shaft member.

2. The: combination with a s'tore'window structure including the floorfor the window having a vertical opening therethrough, of a support inthe form ofl a single casting comprising a base having a cup-'shapedbear'- ing, a pair ofl spaced arms extending upwardly from the base,v a.horizontal part connecting the said arms and having atubular bearingpart above and in alinement with the cup-shaped bearing, spaced parallelarms extendingv llaterally from the first mentioned arms, a-verticallyextending ro tary driven shaft member supported in the cup-shapedvbearing and the tubular bearing part, a gear Afixed .on the shaftmember between the' cupshaped bearing and the Atubular bearing part, arotary horizontal shaft supported in bearingsin the laterally extendingarms, a gear member'on said shaft 'meshing with the gear onl the shaftmember, means for driving the horizontal shaft, and a standard havinggoods supporting means thereon and adapted to be 1detachably engaged atits lower end portion with the shaft member and Vto extend verticallytherefrom through ythe opening inthe ing a vertical openingtherethrough, of a support below the window floor, a oupshaped bearingon the support, a vertically extending rotary driven shaft memberremovably seated inthe cup-shapedbearingwith its upper end extendingsubstantially flush with the upper face of the floor of the window, adrive connection for the shaft member below the Hoor, a verticalstandard having goods supporting means thereon removably mounted uponthe shaft member to be rotated thereby and extending upwardly throughthe opening in the Hoor above the same, said shaft member being providedwith a socket, and the standard having a l5 In testimony whereof lhereunto aix my 20 signature.

JOHN KELLY. Witness:

JAS. E. HUTCHINSON.

